Re: Basic electical question for hooking wires to motherboard

Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it. I
know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point. The
ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
motherboard not seated right?

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Or, you have screwed the bios as I did in the past fooling around with
> overclocking! What a trip to get my M/B functional again. And dumass here
> did it on his main machine! Hell, I have 3 others I could have played on.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1ceb12907fc425a29896e0@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
>> In article <F978F828-AB4A-4DC4-BEA0-59DD38164602@microsoft.com>,
>> Steve@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>>> Interesting, I am having a similar problem. Well I have played with all
>>> possibilities and still basically nothing. What happens now is the fans
>>> power on for 1 sec and the led's flash and then everything powers off.
>>> If I
>>> unplug I can do the same again.
>>
>> The power switch is really the only thing used on modern P4 machines
>> (home user class) and should be an OPEN unless pushed, once pushed it
>> will short the contact on the motherboard to signal a power-up
>> condition. In the old days they used a toggle switch that would maintain
>> the state until switched the other direction.
>>
>> Even if you remove everything except the Power switch, and you have RAM,
>> and Video, it would at least POST - you should be able to get into the
>> BIOS. If you can't get that far, then you've mis-seated the motherboard
>> or installed the RAM/Video incorrectly.
>>
>> Oh, you will need the PSU cables installed properly from the PSU to the
>> motherboard, but you don't have to connect them to the drives.
>>
>>
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>> --
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>
>

Leythos

07-10-2005, 12:49 AM

In article <eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, mrgrocery@hotmail.cm
says...
> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it. I
> know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point. The
> ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
> motherboard not seated right?

I was guessing that you installed a motherboard in a case yourself - if
you installed it and shorted out a circuit (electrical trace on the
board) with a stand-off / screw, or if you over-torqued the screws, you
may have a bad motherboard.

If the unit won't post, and you get some LED's for a flash, and no beeps
(connect the PC speaker to test), then you either have bad RAM, bad CPU,
bad power, or a bad motherboard (since the video is built-into the
board).

If you check the stand-offs / screws, and none are in the wrong
position, take the computer to a shop and have them test it.

One last thing, if you have two sticks of RAM, and your board supports
booting with just one, try it with just one.

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SS

07-10-2005, 12:49 AM

Steve:-
If I understand correctly you say that you get momentary power to the fans
and the LEDs and then nothing.
Unplugging and replugging the power cable to the case repeats this.

If this is correct then you still haven't pushed the power button on your
case after plugging in the power cable.

SS

"Steve" <mrgrocery@hotmail.cm> wrote in message
news:eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it.
> I know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point.
> The ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
> motherboard not seated right?
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ed%23o5tbVFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Or, you have screwed the bios as I did in the past fooling around with
>> overclocking! What a trip to get my M/B functional again. And dumass here
>> did it on his main machine! Hell, I have 3 others I could have played on.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>>
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1ceb12907fc425a29896e0@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
>>> In article <F978F828-AB4A-4DC4-BEA0-59DD38164602@microsoft.com>,
>>> Steve@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>>>> Interesting, I am having a similar problem. Well I have played with
>>>> all
>>>> possibilities and still basically nothing. What happens now is the
>>>> fans
>>>> power on for 1 sec and the led's flash and then everything powers off.
>>>> If I
>>>> unplug I can do the same again.
>>>
>>> The power switch is really the only thing used on modern P4 machines
>>> (home user class) and should be an OPEN unless pushed, once pushed it
>>> will short the contact on the motherboard to signal a power-up
>>> condition. In the old days they used a toggle switch that would maintain
>>> the state until switched the other direction.
>>>
>>> Even if you remove everything except the Power switch, and you have RAM,
>>> and Video, it would at least POST - you should be able to get into the
>>> BIOS. If you can't get that far, then you've mis-seated the motherboard
>>> or installed the RAM/Video incorrectly.
>>>
>>> Oh, you will need the PSU cables installed properly from the PSU to the
>>> motherboard, but you don't have to connect them to the drives.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> spam999free@rrohio.com
>>> remove 999 in order to email me
>>
>>
>
>

Tim

07-10-2005, 12:49 AM

It can also be shorted Reset switch or Power switch.

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ceb366038f8b4199896ed@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
> In article <eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, mrgrocery@hotmail.cm
> says...
>> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it.
>> I
>> know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point.
>> The
>> ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
>> motherboard not seated right?
>
> I was guessing that you installed a motherboard in a case yourself - if
> you installed it and shorted out a circuit (electrical trace on the
> board) with a stand-off / screw, or if you over-torqued the screws, you
> may have a bad motherboard.
>
> If the unit won't post, and you get some LED's for a flash, and no beeps
> (connect the PC speaker to test), then you either have bad RAM, bad CPU,
> bad power, or a bad motherboard (since the video is built-into the
> board).
>
> If you check the stand-offs / screws, and none are in the wrong
> position, take the computer to a shop and have them test it.
>
> One last thing, if you have two sticks of RAM, and your board supports
> booting with just one, try it with just one.
>
> --
> --
> spam999free@rrohio.com
> remove 999 in order to email me

Steve

07-10-2005, 12:49 AM

Sorry I missed telling a step. If I press the power switch, the led
flashes, the fans go for a second and then nothing. If I press the power
again nothing happens until I unplug and replug the power cord in and then
when I hit the power again it happens again.

"SS" <arvind5972--REMOVECAPSANDDASHES--@msn.com> wrote in message
news:u$9o1xdVFHA.3140@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Steve:-
> If I understand correctly you say that you get momentary power to the fans
> and the LEDs and then nothing.
> Unplugging and replugging the power cable to the case repeats this.
>
> If this is correct then you still haven't pushed the power button on your
> case after plugging in the power cable.
>
> SS
>
>
> "Steve" <mrgrocery@hotmail.cm> wrote in message
> news:eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it.
>> I know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point.
>> The ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
>> motherboard not seated right?
>>
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ed%23o5tbVFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Or, you have screwed the bios as I did in the past fooling around with
>>> overclocking! What a trip to get my M/B functional again. And dumass
>>> here did it on his main machine! Hell, I have 3 others I could have
>>> played on.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>>
>>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>>>
>>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
>>> news:MPG.1ceb12907fc425a29896e0@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
>>>> In article <F978F828-AB4A-4DC4-BEA0-59DD38164602@microsoft.com>,
>>>> Steve@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>>>>> Interesting, I am having a similar problem. Well I have played with
>>>>> all
>>>>> possibilities and still basically nothing. What happens now is the
>>>>> fans
>>>>> power on for 1 sec and the led's flash and then everything powers off.
>>>>> If I
>>>>> unplug I can do the same again.
>>>>
>>>> The power switch is really the only thing used on modern P4 machines
>>>> (home user class) and should be an OPEN unless pushed, once pushed it
>>>> will short the contact on the motherboard to signal a power-up
>>>> condition. In the old days they used a toggle switch that would
>>>> maintain
>>>> the state until switched the other direction.
>>>>
>>>> Even if you remove everything except the Power switch, and you have
>>>> RAM,
>>>> and Video, it would at least POST - you should be able to get into the
>>>> BIOS. If you can't get that far, then you've mis-seated the motherboard
>>>> or installed the RAM/Video incorrectly.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, you will need the PSU cables installed properly from the PSU to the
>>>> motherboard, but you don't have to connect them to the drives.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> spam999free@rrohio.com
>>>> remove 999 in order to email me
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Steve

07-10-2005, 12:49 AM

I did install myself. It is the 10th time I have built from scratch. Last
ngiht I checked further and decided it was best to take into local shop as
there can be too many variables that I don't have time or resourses to
check. Thanks for the help.

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ceb366038f8b4199896ed@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
> In article <eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, mrgrocery@hotmail.cm
> says...
>> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it.
>> I
>> know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point.
>> The
>> ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
>> motherboard not seated right?
>
> I was guessing that you installed a motherboard in a case yourself - if
> you installed it and shorted out a circuit (electrical trace on the
> board) with a stand-off / screw, or if you over-torqued the screws, you
> may have a bad motherboard.
>
> If the unit won't post, and you get some LED's for a flash, and no beeps
> (connect the PC speaker to test), then you either have bad RAM, bad CPU,
> bad power, or a bad motherboard (since the video is built-into the
> board).
>
> If you check the stand-offs / screws, and none are in the wrong
> position, take the computer to a shop and have them test it.
>
> One last thing, if you have two sticks of RAM, and your board supports
> booting with just one, try it with just one.
>
> --
> --
> spam999free@rrohio.com
> remove 999 in order to email me

Steve

07-10-2005, 12:49 AM

I thought it might a shorted switch. As I do not have a alternate case or
powere supply to play with I decided it would be best to admit defeat and
get the local shop I bought it from to deal with it.

"Tim" <Tim@NoSpam> wrote in message
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> It can also be shorted Reset switch or Power switch.
>
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1ceb366038f8b4199896ed@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
>> In article <eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, mrgrocery@hotmail.cm
>> says...
>>> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to
>>> it. I
>>> know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point.
>>> The
>>> ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
>>> motherboard not seated right?
>>
>> I was guessing that you installed a motherboard in a case yourself - if
>> you installed it and shorted out a circuit (electrical trace on the
>> board) with a stand-off / screw, or if you over-torqued the screws, you
>> may have a bad motherboard.
>>
>> If the unit won't post, and you get some LED's for a flash, and no beeps
>> (connect the PC speaker to test), then you either have bad RAM, bad CPU,
>> bad power, or a bad motherboard (since the video is built-into the
>> board).
>>
>> If you check the stand-offs / screws, and none are in the wrong
>> position, take the computer to a shop and have them test it.
>>
>> One last thing, if you have two sticks of RAM, and your board supports
>> booting with just one, try it with just one.
>>
>> --
>> --
>> spam999free@rrohio.com
>> remove 999 in order to email me
>
>